6. Astrology & Tarot for Self-Empowerment with Mystical Mandrake Root

This episode is a Wild Soul Interview with Anais of Mystical Mandrake Root! Anais is an intuitive astrologer, tarot reader, artist, writer, earth witch, and founder of Mystical Mandrake Root. This woman is pure light and wisdom, and she offers the most amazing kernels of truth in this episode -- it's a must listen. Plus, I share a very special announcement (Brand new online Tarot Immersion!), and chat a lil bit about the Full Moon in Pisces and Mercury going direct. In this conversation, Anais and I laugh our asses off, and dive deep into: • Full Moon in Pisces + Mercury goes direct (2:03) • Lindsay’s new online Tarot Immersion! (7:46) • Lindsay’s life-changing Astrology reading with Anais + how astrology and Tarot came into her life (15:35) • How Anais found her first Tarot deck and supported herself as a professional reader in college (22:21) • How Anais taught herself (or rather, remembered how) to read the Tarot and took a self-initiated journey (30:49) • The High Priestess (both the great parts and the not-so-great parts) as a soul card (36:42) • Moving from Queen of Cups to embracing the realism and sacred boundaries of the Queen of Swords (41:54) • Coming to peace with the Hierophant and the Emperor (49:50) • How The Hanged Man sometimes behaves like a stalker and the uncomfortable cousin of The Moon (55:13) • How she learned to accept (and work with) her ability to see ghosts and spirits (1:01:17) • A tangent about our mutual love for The X-Files and the fanfiction that goes along with it (1:16:46) • The new Tarot deck Anais is creating! (1:24:42) _________ ABOUT THE PODCAST  Tarot for the Wild Soul Podcast explores the cards through an inclusive, trauma informed perspective, rooted in compassion, common sense, and critical thinking. Through a weaving of intuitively channeled downloads, answers to listener questions, and lessons around the cards, Tarot for the Wild Soul offers ways to view the Tarot as helpful, applicable medicine that can provide nourishment and clarity to us in our day to day lives. ABOUT LINDSAY Lindsay Mack is a queer intuitive Tarot teacher, and the host of TFTWS podcast. Lindsay is the creator of Soul Tarot, a reinterpretation and intentional utilization of the Tarot as a non-predictive healing tool, one that is can assist us in differentiating the noise of our mind from the truth of our soul. Through her regularly sold out workshops, retreats and online Tarot courses, Lindsay has had the profound honor of teaching Soul Tarot to thousands of people from all around the world. As a joyful and healthy survivor of childhood abuse, trauma & PTSD, Lindsay is passionately dedicated to honoring and helping to bring space, light and healing to those who are experiencing mental, emotional or physical suffering. It was the healing from a breakdown in 2014 that fully birthed her into this sacred work and onto her soul path. It is an organic part of her healing work with the Tarot, and she is honored to be sharing these offerings to those who feel called to them. Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast is recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe. WEBSITE: www.tarotforthewildsoul.com FOLLOW US ON IG at @wildsoulhealing PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner